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· 3/15/1854

Patten v. Deshon

Citations

  • 67 Mass. 325

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that, in considering whether the durational component for fourth-degree assault should be included in the instruction, “we ask whether the issue of duration was before the jury”
  • trial court denying the defendant’s request to include an instruction that substantial pain “excludes pain that is fleeting”

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Judges: Shaw

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